First record of damage by an insect pest in a commercial amaranth crop in Brazil

Scientia Agricola

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 271-274

  de Oliveira, Charles Martins ^a   Ribeiro, Walter Quadros ^a   de Camargo, Amabilio José Aires ^a   Frizzas, Marina Regina ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

'Cerrado'; Amaranthus; Crambidae; Herpetogramma bipunctalis; Lepidoptera

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AMARANTHUS CRUENTUS; CRAMBIDAE; HERPETOGRAMMA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84859339559     PISSN: 01039016     EISSN: 1678992X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-90162012000400006     Document Type: Note

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